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Esther’s photography is inspired by cities and urban landscapes. The triptych, taken in Paris, is influenced by montage cinematography, with unconnected images (here shot in different places) being connected and given a narrative by the viewer. Cristo was taken in Esther’s home city of Madrid,…

The Art for Art’s Shake fanzine was born with the purpose of helping amateur artists to bring their works to the public, and to keep art ‘alive and shaking, moving, evolving and growing.’ The fanzine contains fiction, poetry, illustrations and music and is currently published…

The ceramic works exhibited are part of Verónica’s experimentation in creating pieces that are irregular in shape, as a way of exploring the plasticity of clay. The pieces are presented as objects from another world using the pretence of an archaeological dig, as a reflection…

Donacio’s work is inspired by ‘souvenir-aesthetics’, the cultural clichés of the Canary Islands and, by extension, ‘the fake identities of Spanish kitsch.’ These fantasy compositions of tropical animals and plants mirror the aesthetics of a tourist postcard. Donacio was inspired by a return to his…

Marta’s montage of drawings and photocopies explores ‘a middle space between cinematic linear narrative and the painterly fixed image.’ Her inspiration was film stills and portraits of movie stars from different periods and genres, which she used to explore more personal experience.   Marta is…

Women out of Focus is a photography series based on a notion of women’s loss of identity. Cristina depicts this through obscuring faces and playing with the camera focus. She explains that ‘every time we as women lose one of our rights, we lose a…

With Hojas de Prueba, Daniel is asking the question, ‘Can art be conceived unintentionally?’ Hojas de Prueba is a collection of abstract pieces of involuntary, anonymous, collective art, collected by Daniel from seven London stationery shops over the space of a year. With 2kg worth…

The coat hanger is the medial instrument used by women for self-induced abortions, and adopted by My Belly is Mine as the symbol of its pro-choice campaign and its protests against the Spanish anti-abortion draft bill, Gallardón’s Law (la ley de Gallardón). For this exhibition,…

The project was conceived as a way of promoting small organisations and individuals who are not satisfied with the present state of society and are finding ways to fight for what they think is fair. The series portrays activists and volunteers of all ages, professions…

Focussing on the growing Spanish community in London and the UK, Cambio de Planes is a photography project exploring cases of highly-educated Spaniards carrying out lesser-qualified jobs in the UK. ‘Since the start of the crisis, many Spaniards are struggling to get the positions they…